צָרָה tsârâh

Hebrew · Strong's H6869 · pronounced tsaw-raw' · used 73 times in 72 verses

Meaning

tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:

In the King James Version: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

Derivation: feminine of H6862 (צַר);

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Where it is used

Jeremiah 30:7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
Jeremiah 49:24 Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43 The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
Daniel 12:1 “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
Obadiah 1:12 But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
Obadiah 1:14 Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.
Jonah 2:2 saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
Nahum 1:9 Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
Habakkuk 3:16 I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
Zephaniah 1:15 That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
Zechariah 10:11 They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.